Filipinos’ love for caffeine is too much for coffee growers to handle, which is why the country imports beans to keep up with the drinking habit.
The plan of Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to revoke the landmark ban on open pit mining in the country is a confirmation that President Rodrigo Duterte, himself, is an oligarch, an environment group said.
The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) is calling on government agencies to comprehensively address the problem of poverty by taking into consideration the people’s 10 basic needs when crafting projects for the community.
The brazen act of killing Christopher Iban Lozada, a Bislig City-based radio journalist, is stark reminder that the culture of impunity is a “growing and malignant problem” for journalists in this country, a media watchdog said.
Civilians displaced by the siege in Marawi City have expressed their opposition to the plan of the government to implement an identification (ID) system to the evacuees calling it a discrimination and a violation of their human rights.